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LB log - 20130518

dog$ — Sun, 19 May 2013 04:59:00 GMT

New blood has joined the store. He was allowed to come outside and join me and the other cartman scheduled during the day for a few hours, because the training system didn't have his programs set in place which left him with nothing else to do. He's rather quiet, and after I took a moment to ask about his school situation, I am informed that he has recently acquired his GED and has taken the job at the store to help out with "family financial problems", and that he intends to rise through the ranks of management at the store. I wouldn't put his age as more than 25. Otherwise he said very little and at least seemed sharp enough to understand instruction (which is not to be taken for granted in this position). He was able to use the machine without any trouble as well. It all seems promising, but I wonder what's to be discovered about the man once he's familiar with us all and is more willing to speak.

Today's song run had a few instances of strange occurrences, namely the first three songs having EX scores off of record at 101, 100, and 101 again. Later on there was a play that was a single EX point from record, and the very next song was a rare record match. Otherwise, another good day and glad to clear Skyscraper and Last Burning once more.

Lunar Beat. Extra Mode. Double play. "@" denotes Random chart modifier. All songs are of highest difficulty type unless specified.
Code:
			EX% & Rank	EX.p/f	pg.gr.gd.bd.pr		combo	nc	onc	%+nc 	date
skyscraper @		61.67 B		1183.P	436.311.158.17.74	0075	0959			2013-05-19T00:04:17:095Z
			05.26-		0101-

maria @			71.77 A		1411.P	552.307.106.6.25	0148	0983			2013-05-19T00:07:24:705Z
			05.08-		0100-

dg 2 ultimatum @	29.21 E		2036.F	675.686.1053.501.1447	0100	3484			2013-05-19T00:14:07:435Z
			01.44-		0101-

past glow @		39.35 D		2348.F	797.754.751.233.959	0085	2983			2013-05-19T00:17:49:874Z
			02.27-		0136-

take it easy @		68.88 A		1995.P	734.527.144.7.71	0171	1448			2013-05-19T00:22:44:531Z
			01.24-		0036-

throng @		43.46 D		1457.F	526.405.308.107.546	0052	1676			2013-05-19T00:28:29:600Z
			00.02-		0001-

scar in the earth @	61.44 B		1535.F	554.427.167.30.163	0216	1249			2013-05-19T00:32:52:597Z
			00.00�		0000�

vanessa @		28.77 E		1095.F	364.367.589.242.823	0044	1903			2013-05-19T00:39:05:520Z
			04.01-		0153-

last burning @		64.75 B		1633.P	580.473.158.18.82	0277	1261			2013-05-19T00:44:00:736Z
			05.19-		0131-

gobble @		53.92 C		0989.F	353.283.176.20.176	0085	0917			2013-05-19T00:48:41:015Z
			01.36-		0025-

the biggest roaster @	71.56 A		0803.P	296.211.42.2.12		0245	0561	0529	006.04	2013-05-19T00:53:47:863Z
			02.66+		0001+	6-13+14-4-14-		0132+				2012-03-31T00:43:22:945Z

troposphere @		45.28 C		1624.F	574.476.395.150.522	0067	1793			2013-05-19T01:10:09:536Z
			05.99-		0215-

511 A14 @		68.94 A		1132.P	410.312.87.3.13		0463	0821			2013-05-19T01:15:37:642Z
			01.27-		0021-

claiomh solais @	55.37 C		2092.F	752.588.251.109.449	0068	1889			2013-05-19T01:20:33:995Z
			06.59-		0249-

LB log - 20130517

dog$ — Sat, 18 May 2013 04:59:00 GMT

I set some time to get a few submissions made today before my wife would get to bed, so that I would play songs later in the evening, as doing so seems to have worked well for my scores in the past few days.

I'm working through the errors as they come, and the next batch is easy enough to fix - as it turns out, there are several Schedules and attachments which need to be added to the consolidated return in addition to the original returns wherever they came up. So I fix them and make another submission. No errors.

This is bad.

The reason that this is bad is because there are errors which I was expecting to find after the first single return of the consolidated return was fully processed. Each return has a "documentCount" attribute in its element and the parser uses that to verify the number of documents intended to be read and compare that to what was actually processed. I know that the parser will give an error report with the anticipated number (on the basis of documents processed) if the documentCount element value is a mismatch. I had these values set to 1 in the secondary returns, as I didn't have a quick way to count them individually and figured that the error report would tell me the correct value eventually regardless. But this didn't happen. As far as I can tell, my content is matching the structure of the instance document given by the IRS, so I have little choice but to pour over the document more to ensure that everything I have is correct before I send a mail off to ask for guidance. Otherwise, it looks like the parser is processing only the first consolidated return and skipping the rest. I suppose at least one issue won't be the question of if I'm using my own XML parser, as I would still have this question even if I did have one (as it would seem to return no errors, as it does now). Oh well.

It took a bit of time to get into a good groove with today's session, but a small streak of tiny increments towards the end was very nice to encounter.

Lunar Beat. Extra Mode. Double play. "@" denotes Random chart modifier. All songs are of highest difficulty type unless specified.
Code:
			EX% & Rank	EX.p/f	pg.gr.gd.bd.pr		combo	nc	onc	%+nc 	date
deep more @		61.02 B		1068.P	379.310.160.0.42	0148	0875			2013-05-18T02:44:26:110Z
			03.94-		0069-

bloody tears @		52.45 C		1537.F	556.425.305.59.275	0104	1465			2013-05-18T02:48:19:138Z
			08.19-		0240-

are u ready @		40.62 D		1573.F	522.529.475.106.547	0103	1936			2013-05-18T02:56:07:565Z
			09.42-		0365-

time to air @		41.30 D		1639.F	556.527.495.166.666	0148	1984			2013-05-18T03:00:57:710Z
			07.58-		0301-

inori @			42.31 D		1982.F	698.586.678.131.495	0097	2342			2013-05-18T03:10:04:434Z
			06.57-		0308-

cube of mind @		40.42 D		1609.F	569.471.466.221.693	0097	1990			2013-05-18T03:18:01:293Z
			04.64-		0185-

クルクル☆ラブ @		60.17 B		1804.F	657.490.229.48.208	0178	1499			2013-05-18T03:21:25:417Z
			03.10-		0093-

少年A @			48.74 C		1631.F	593.439.382.85.379	0141	1673			2013-05-18T03:27:45:304Z
			02.54-		0085-

paranoia max A14 @	73.32 A		0852.P	338.176.53.0.18		0087	0581			2013-05-18T03:35:45:398Z
			02.23-		0026-

liquid crystal girl @	54.14 C		2011.F	758.495.334.89.321	0085	1857			2013-05-18T03:42:53:166Z
			02.31-		0086-

like a wind @		23.02 E		1155.F	382.391.827.403.1191	0022	2508			2013-05-18T03:48:14:299Z
			07.97-		0400-

bahram attack A14 @	49.27 C		1977.F	708.561.371.152.480	0160	2006			2013-05-18T03:54:16:560Z
			05.20-		0209-

サヨナラ・ヘヴン @		61.81 B		1638.F	604.430.180.34.167	0155	1325	0957	038.45	2013-05-18T03:59:36:095Z
			00.87+		0023+	4+15+24-6+16+		0020+				2012-08-17T23:44:08:936Z

bit mania @		79.24 AA	1447.P	595.257.32.3.39		0246	0913	0643	041.99	2013-05-18T04:07:46:676Z
			02.59+		0015+	35+55-4-2-10+		0074+				2012-03-27T23:32:42:191Z

22dunk @		69.75 A		0459.P	176.107.38.0.13		0161	0329	0329	0	2013-05-18T04:14:04:238Z
			00.76+		0005+	9+13-3+0�1+		0005+				2012-09-05T22:19:38:313Z

シティ・エンジェル @	35.87 D		1326.F	458.410.505.220.660	0101	1848			2013-05-18T04:19:12:733Z
			05.54-		0205-

LB log - 20130516

dog$ — Fri, 17 May 2013 04:59:00 GMT

Waking up and immediately getting on the treadmill felt good for a change of pace. I need to make sure I do it this way every time in the future, without variance or fail. By doing the exercise at this time, you spend half of it in a groggy haze but can still march along and get the time under the belt immediately. It makes the rest of the session and day more structured. Yep, no breakfast, no sitting here to check anything, just get up and go.

I entered the office for the interview ten minutes early, and was prompted to sit and fill out a form while I waited for the appointed time. Little did I know that the form was actually a two page document which was a basic job application form. I failed to understand why I needed to do this while I had my resume in their hands, and I didn't appreciate having to fill that out on the spot as I had no forewarning that I'd need to do so. Had I known that doing this would have been required, I would have arrived twenty minutes earlier and with some supporting documents so that I could give the information more readily - or even better, that I could have printed the document out here at home and have it filled out and with me upon my arrival. It's just as well that I did the busywork anyway, as they weren't ready for me until twenty past the hour. I think the interview went as well as it could have. I didn't get any wild brain-bending logic puzzle questions, just the standard "explain a stressful situation you were in" type thing, and I responded at the end with a few questions to expound upon their job demands, which I think helps to show that I'm concerned about how I can best perform the tasks that the job entails.

The 1120 consolidated return test submission is going better than I expected. I have taken an original error count of 25 down to nothing and now just have to correct the other set of errors which are reported once the initial batch are addressed. If I don't have a successful submission tonight, I think it's possible that I will have one made sometime in the weekend.

Song session was excellent today. Shame that I couldn't record Alien Temple, but otherwise everything felt great. Quick Silver is still a whore, though, so it's just as well for it to have shown up at that time when I would have been needing to be done with the run anyway.

Lunar Beat. Extra Mode. Double play. "@" denotes Random chart modifier. All songs are of highest difficulty type unless specified.
Code:
			EX% & Rank	EX.p/f	pg.gr.gd.bd.pr		combo	nc	onc	%+nc 	date
dynamite rave @		75.24 A		0909.P	349.211.42.0.2		0308	0604			2013-05-17T02:46:05:240Z
			07.36-		0089-

please done give up @	37.44 D		1787.F	623..541.689.229.743	0208	2386			2013-05-17T02:51:49:554Z
			08.63-		0412-

first resolution @	39.19 D		1477.F	507.463.500.170.588	0058	1884			2013-05-17T02:56:14:214Z
			02.65-		0100-

the shining polaris @	71.42 A		0950.P	364.222.74.2.7		0428	0665			2013-05-17T02:59:56:170Z
			03.45-		0046-

miru key way @		62.10 B		1857.F	704.449.152.86.229	0107	1495			2013-05-17T03:03:46:324Z
			02.77-		0083-

F @			29.27 E		1437.F	470.497.768.331.1131	0055	2454			2013-05-17T03:06:36:233Z
			02.22-		0109-

my future @		60.26 B		1926.F	706.514.255.46.208	0119	1598	1363	017.24	2013-05-17T03:10:13:462Z
			01.25+		0040+	58+76-10+14+38+		0059-				2012-04-17T04:27:30:136Z

ラクエン @		63.24 B		1418.F	518.382.144.16.132	0092	1121			2013-05-17T03:14:23:983Z
			01.78-		0040-

alien temple @		71.66 A		1631.F	628.375.103.8.46	0228	1138			2013-05-17T03:17:37:344Z
			01.01+		0023+

era step mix 1626 @	41.14 D		1338.F	455.428.362.138.512	0115	1626	1226	032.62	2013-05-17T03:21:48:640Z
			02.36+		0077+

d2r @			70.23 A		1142.P	437.268.74.6.52		0101	0813	0665	022.25	2013-05-17T03:25:07:885Z
			00.68+		0011+	12+13-5-2+13+		0047-				2013-05-07T04:02:51:007Z

why did you go away b @	57.34 B		1787.F	658.471.272.56.282	0174	1558	1165	033.73	2013-05-17T03:28:44:167Z
			01.12+		0035+	2-39+18-4-14+		0087+				2012-11-04T00:09:34:928Z

wonder bullfighter @	64.58 B		1470.F	552.336.158.5.114	0090	1138			2013-05-17T03:32:33:741Z
			01.09-		0025-

quick silver @		43.19 D		1592.F	532.528.414.165.680	0049	1843			2013-05-17T03:38:35:952Z
			10.79-		0398-

LB log - 20130515

dog$ — Thu, 16 May 2013 04:59:00 GMT

Working on this consolidated 1120 return is proving to be every bit of hellish that I figured it would be.

I didn't create the XML content for most of the free form attachments until today, and all told I have 103 documents to sort out amongst four returns (composite, parent, and two subsidiaries).

The interview coming at 10AM tomorrow means that I should wake up at 8AM to give myself enough time to prepare and travel.

I didn't even get to exercising today, as I woke up and cut the grass before doing today's grilling for dinner. Songs and tax work here has been the rest of the day so far. I suppose I should get the exercise in now and not worry about trying to get a submission made today. I'll have all of tomorrow to work on it.

Nothing terribly exciting happened in today's session. Rather tired of the Japanese version of No Crime coming up so frequently.

Lunar Beat. Extra Mode. Double play. "@" denotes Random chart modifier. All songs are of highest difficulty type unless specified.
Code:
			EX% & Rank	EX.p/f	pg.gr.gd.bd.pr		combo	nc	onc	%+nc 	date
no crime j B14 @	32.39 E		1126.F	361.404.517.202.645	0104	1738			2013-05-15T22:57:58:072Z
			11.93-		0415-

canon blazing summer @	47.29 C		2255.F	854.547.411.263.714	0058	2384			2013-05-15T23:02:20:828Z
			07.21-		0344-

black rain @		48.01 C		1261.F	420.421.248.34.310	0077	1313			2013-05-15T23:07:11:064Z
			02.28-		0060-

soliton beam @		50.08 C		1742.F	623.496.364.108.370	0403	1739			2013-05-15T23:10:38:441Z
			03.79-		0132-

blind justice @		57.26 B		1948.F	743.462.236.123.410	0123	1701			2013-05-15T23:13:47:389Z
			04.70-		0160-

spiral galaxy led @	32.32 E		1469.F	481.507.639.283.944	0065	2272			2013-05-15T23:18:39:661Z
			06.66-		0303-

ill forget you @	45.62 C		1375.F	496.383.335.98.453	0078	1507			2013-05-15T23:23:11:617Z
			06.10-		0184-

VIP 飛べない俺はただのｸﾏ @	28.64 E		2911.F	962.987.1470.653.2284	0027	5081			2013-05-15T23:31:06:200Z
			03.62-		0368-

crossover chain mix @	54.59 C		2128.F	750.628.315.98.321	0093	1949			2013-05-15T23:37:43:579Z
			03.95-		0154-

ballad the feathers @	69.15 A		1224.P	463.298.94.12.39	0100	0885			2013-05-15T23:42:33:371Z
			04.80-		0085-

twinbee generation x @	80.98 AA	0826.P	338.150.14.1.15		0414	0510			2013-05-15T23:47:21:060Z
			01.27-		0013-

saturn @		38.96 D		1572.F	548.476.510.175.676	0059	2017			2013-05-15T23:53:08:607Z
			01.78-		0072-

toy cube @		55.85 B		2202.F	796.610.289.78.422	0080	1971			2013-05-15T23:57:48:582Z
			01.85-		0073-

LB log - 20130514

dog$ — Wed, 15 May 2013 04:59:00 GMT

The 1120F test submission was made successfully today. That leaves the consolidated return left.

The response came from my mother's coworker with the job opening, and I am to have an interview at 10AM on Thursday. I'll wear my suit and hope for the best.

Having Arby's for lunch today was a pretty welcome change of pace.

There's not much else to report at the moment, as I slept for fourteen hours today.

Today's warmup song was terrible but the rest felt pretty good. I like times like this where I can have a horrible play with something and just shrug and move on to the next.

Lunar Beat. Extra Mode. Double play. "@" denotes Random chart modifier. All songs are of highest difficulty type unless specified.
Code:
			EX% & Rank	EX.p/f	pg.gr.gd.bd.pr		combo	nc	onc	%+nc 	date
tropical april @	56.96 C		1520.F	519.482.271.28.209	0128	1424			2013-05-15T02:31:48:439Z
			16.18-		0461-

absurd gaff @		35.03 D		1589.F	528.533.579.223.817	0075	2268			2013-05-15T02:35:54:553Z
			06.28-		0285-

sweetest savage @	59.55 B		1197.F	423.351.159.24.111	0167	1005			2013-05-15T02:38:40:996Z
			02.93-		0059-

north @			75.91 A		1201.P	462.277.48.0.5		0465	0791			2013-05-15T02:41:44:934Z
			01.26-		0020-

rainbow flyer @		52.75 C		1415.F	497.421.275.40.221	0080	1341			2013-05-15T02:45:10:544Z
			06.41-		0172-

blocks @		61.79 B		1273.F	479.315.182.9.75	0101	1030			2013-05-15T02:50:01:904Z
			01.11-		0023-

turii panta rhei @	60.89 B		1895.F	689.517.267.20.115	0141	1556			2013-05-15T02:56:02:030Z
			03.79-		0118-

time is money @		87.00 AA	0569.P	246.77.4.0.0		0327	0327	0327	0	2013-05-15T02:59:49:468Z
			04.38+		0027+	25+23-3-0�0�		0000�				2012-03-24T00:19:32:347Z

love box @		71.65 A		1062.P	410.242.68.2.30		0159	0741	0598	023.91	2013-05-15T03:03:19:550Z
			02.15+		0032+	5+22+25-3-0�		0015+				2012-11-24T02:14:37:422Z

ganymede @		62.90 B		1789.F	675.439.182.31.182	0108	1422			2013-05-15T03:07:27:591Z
			00.52-		0015-

天国のキッス @		65.07 B		1049.P	373.303.107.2.35	0138	0806			2013-05-15T03:12:05:392Z
			04.96-		0080-

connective @		58.16 B		1866.F	671.524.286.35.161	0089	1604	0787	103.81	2013-05-15T03:16:19:358Z
			03.36+		0108+	48+12+72-10+7+		0021+				2013-02-05T04:02:37:749Z

point zero @		50.72 C		1544.F	562.40.314.76.350	0119	1522			2013-05-15T03:21:14:667Z
			00.16-		0005-

LB log - 20130513

dog$ — Tue, 14 May 2013 04:59:00 GMT

Words have resulted in action today. I have eliminated and removed all that I can do with Diablo 3. All items are given away, all characters are deleted, all friends are removed, and the game is uninstalled. It is done. As I expected, it wasn't easy to do with a few people lamenting my leaving and pleading with me to not quit as I was online and conducting the removal, and they assured me that I didn't have to take such drastic measures in response to a mere mistake. In one way, they're right. But I've explained my stance and rationale in prior days. This is what had to be done. The yoke is off of my shoulders now.

A coworker contact whom my mother has spoken with since she left was originally set to interview me for a position of some kind at a bakery in a nearby suburb. The original time in which the discussion about this happened was November of last year. The response to set a time for an interview was received today. I wonder when the actual interview itself will occur. My mother called me a few hours ago to confirm that I received the response, and after I had affirmed as much, she let out a gigantic sigh of relief and said "I'm going to have a drink tonight for this, thank God!", as if the potential to have an interview occur is something worth celebrating.

My instincts were correct in the arrangement of attachments of the Form 1120F test submission. I'm glat that there wasn't a maintenance period in the middle of the night yesterday. I should be able to make the remaining error corrections in short order and march on to the final test.

Today's song session was very good. To have the worst play come at -5.17% from the record with Snow Storm is a claim that I haven't been able to make in many days, at least from what I can instantly recall. I also don't recall ever passing Still My Words until today, but I didn't bother to check the log file to verify.

Lunar Beat. Extra Mode. Double play. "@" denotes Random chart modifier. All songs are of highest difficulty type unless specified.
Code:
			EX% & Rank	EX.p/f	pg.gr.gd.bd.pr		combo	nc	onc	%+nc 	date
the smile of you @	73.07 A		2033.F	820.393.124.22.76	0236	1391			2013-05-14T01:57:20:344Z
			04.20-		0117-

mnemoniq @		66.20 B		1287.P	485.317.144.7.41	0128	0972			2013-05-14T02:03:22:077Z
			04.73-		0092-

shining world @		43.99 D		2052.F	749.554.529.222.692	0074	2332	1296	079.93	2013-05-14T02:06:54:826Z
			01.78+		0083+	70+57-5+40+4+		0007-				2013-02-08T01:12:11:313Z

still my words @	68.49 A		1300.P	493.314.109.5.45	0174	0949			2013-05-14T02:11:19:284Z
			02.84-		0054-

outer limits @		66.34 B		0759.F	285.189.78.5.28		0153	0572			2013-05-14T02:15:00:997Z
			02.97-		0034-

wilis @			34.23 D		1433.F	510.413.547.275.897	0122	2093			2013-05-14T02:20:20:605Z
			00.83-		0035-

flashback 90s A14 @	60.10 B		1898.F	715.468.227.63.270	0099	1579	1001	057.74	2013-05-14T02:25:37:109Z
			00.70+		0022+	25+28-11-10+54+		0005+				2012-10-02T23:12:17:124Z

電人イェーガーのテーマ @	60.47 B		1010.P	361.288.159.2.52	0129	0835			2013-05-14T02:30:05:386Z
			02.27-		0038-

道しるべ @		45.45 C		1580.F	566.448.358.156.463	0045	1738	0701	147.93	2013-05-14T02:35:57:640Z
			01.81+		0063+	36+9-42-12+24-		0014-				2012-12-22T02:20:11:987Z

murmur twins 460 mix @	34.37 D		1925.F	664.697.798.414.989	0069	2800			2013-05-14T02:43:26:160Z
			02.83-		0159-

war game @		68.28 A		1445.P	542.361.121.3.55	0163	1058			2013-05-14T02:48:07:295Z
			01.22-		0026-

snow storm @		53.02 C		1875.F	652.571.376.51.232	0080	1768			2013-05-14T02:55:54:941Z
			05.17-		0183-

boundary @		67.31 A		1660.F	636.388.157.15.64	0162	1233			2013-05-14T03:04:42:740Z
			04.70-		0116-

LB log - 20130512

dog$ — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:59:00 GMT

Form 1120 testing. I'm working on the 1120F set now, and one thing which I failed to account for or remember is that the list of attached forms as they appear in the initial includes listing of the XSD file is not presented in the same order as the parser expects the files. The acknowledgements finally came in yesterday and my initial submission had a total of 41 errors, but a majority of those were cases where the valid entries were "0" or "1" (as a boolean data type) rather than the "yes" or "no" data which was given because that's the default output for checkboxes when the PDFs are made. Correcting those issues brought the error count down to a much more manageable 11, but now I have to recreate the order listing. It's not that difficult, as it's just a matter of making a copy of the XSD and editing it out until what files are in the submission are left, and manually sorting from there.

In retail work, there were many calloffs and customer traffic was low, which is about the same as what I remember from working there on Mother's Day last year.

For as distraught as I became yesterday, I didn't have any impediment in going about work and usual routines today. Shrug and keep moving.

Today's song run was actually pretty good. Four record entries are the highlight. I played UN again since I just had that baseline set a few days ago, so I wanted to see how much I would deviate today. I guess I'll try doing so one more time on the assumption that I'll have a decline from the record on the next play and see how much off the mark it is. ソウキュウ*スカイスクレイパー is still really nice.

Lunar Beat. Extra Mode. Double play. "@" denotes Random chart modifier. All songs are of highest difficulty type unless specified.
Code:
			EX% & Rank	EX.p/f	pg.gr.gd.bd.pr		combo	nc	onc	%+nc 	date
deadly drive @		30.06 E		1199.F	386.427.621.223.770	0053	1994			2013-05-13T00:37:15:004Z
			04.91-		0196-

ソウキュウスカイスクレイパ@	53.28 C		1932.F	700.532.300.122.423	0102	1813			2013-05-13T00:40:56:867Z
			02.42-		0088-

cross the mind @	29.25 E		1591.F	531.529.749.433.1306	0106	2719			2013-05-13T00:44:06:161Z
			02.96-		0161-

U.N.オーエンはニコ @	50.31 C		2272.F	799.674.387.128.557	0100	2258	2121	006.45	2013-05-13T00:52:13:681Z
			01.25+		0056+	27-110+5-24-93-		0055+				2013-05-11T00:37:50:189Z

sense A14 @		74.41 A		1210.P	463.284.55.2.14		0321	0813	0645	026.04	2013-05-13T00:57:36:026Z
			03.01+		0049+	20+9+27-0�2-		0007-				2013-03-21T04:35:14:821Z

blue straggler @	36.86 D		1488.F	502.484.544.202.688	0054	2018			2013-05-13T01:03:20:764Z
			02.72-		0110-

dont be afraid myself @	62.71 B		1736.F	641.454.208.32.146	0115	1384			2013-05-13T01:18:47:204Z
			01.48-		0041-

naughty girl queens B @	57.62 B		1670.F	615.440.207.34.267	0202	1449	1276	013.55	2013-05-13T01:25:30:855Z
			02.14+		0062+	55+48-20-0�24+		0036-				2012-04-17T04:30:24:184Z

夜のサングラス @		64.73 B		1700.F	637.426.196.18.82	0155	1313			2013-05-13T01:29:24:447Z
			02.51-		0066-

鬼言集 @			49.91 C		1742.F	605.532.355.94.353	0064	1745			2013-05-13T01:35:05:644Z
			00.65-		0023-

mind mapping A14 @	61.10 B		1827.F	675.477.176.47.208	0081	1495			2013-05-13T01:40:34:559Z
			03.74-		0112-

deep in you @		68.40 A		0498.P	180.138.39.3.10		0090	0364	0364	0	2013-05-13T01:44:49:682Z
			07.83+		0057+	21+15+35-3+0�		0055-				2013-01-22T03:12:34:025Z

no 13 @			53.24 C		1804.F	652.500.341.73.272	0082	1694			2013-05-13T01:50:05:486Z
			05.69		0193-

LB log - 20130511

dog$ — Sun, 12 May 2013 04:59:00 GMT

I paid a visit to my parent's place today so that I could take care of any kind of Mother's Day quota today rather than wait for tomorrow. When I arrived, she was away at a nearby friend's place and said she'd return promptly. I remembered that I wanted to find an old picture of my Grandmother and went about looking around the place for it. I can't find it anywhere I look by the time she gets back. She finds me looking in one of the closets, which causes her to take a small inventory of a few things while we're standing there. She opens a box and there's a few watches inside, and some old coins. There's also some old tie pins. She shuffles them around and I notice one of them had a few letters on it. I pick it up and read the letters: TALMAN.

"The bank?" I ask. Talman Home Bank was a Chicago staple, at least on the south side. I think it's owned by LaSalle or someone else devoured it.

"Yeah. It was your great Grandfather's. He was on the Board of Directors."

I don't recall ever hearing this before at all.

Long story short, the news amplifies my feeling of personal inadequacy to the point that I'm basically dulled now. I returned to my home in silence. I guess if blame is to be ascribed, there's a year of daily posts before this one where something could be formulated and projected to years further in the past. But that doesn't change or help anything.

In spite of this I still dutifully played a few songs today. I had a new record with Four Leaf but failed the chart. Most everything else was normal otherwise.

Lunar Beat. Extra Mode. Double play. "@" denotes Random chart modifier. All songs are of highest difficulty type unless specified.
Code:
			EX% & Rank	EX.p/f	pg.gr.gd.bd.pr		combo	nc	onc	%+nc 	date
ラクエン @		50.66 C		1136.F	375.386.266.24.132	0121	1121			2013-05-12T02:56:19:048Z
			14.36-		0322-

ghostbusters @		62.40 B		1268.F	481.306.156.26.81	0092	1016			2013-05-12T03:01:41:880Z
			07.48-		0152-

resonate 1794 @		62.65 B		1431.F	551.329.195.26.117	0105	1142			2013-05-12T03:04:39:969Z
			02.05-		0047-

jack @			42.54 D		1410.F	491.428.442.86.409	0065	1657			2013-05-12T03:09:15:553Z
			07.51-		0249-

tripping contact @	56.81 B		1525.F	550.425.264.27.145	0263	1342			2013-05-12T03:15:26:877Z
			03.16-		0085-

ubertreffen B14 @	26.83 E		1135.F	370.395.644.316.973	0055	2115			2013-05-12T03:22:47:977Z
			05.13-		0217-

linus @			63.08 B		1658.F	626.406.175.34.194	0069	1314			2013-05-12T03:27:14:301Z
			02.58-		0068-

four leaf @		68.33 A		1200.F	469.262.109.12.64	0143	0878			2013-05-12T03:30:20:589Z
			01.70+		0030+

AA @			37.03 D		1657.F	580.497.548.275.805	0075	2237			2013-05-12T03:34:11:439Z
			04.49-		0201-

eris mx @		39.37 D		1731.F	585.561.525.222.702	0102	2198			2013-05-12T03:42:44:917Z
			06.71-		0295-

blust of wind @		36.60 D		1642.F	575.492.581.246.834	0029	2243			2013-05-12T03:46:28:269Z
			05.39-		0242-

journey to fantastica @	71.13 A		1538.F	585.368.105.8.39	0205	1081			2013-05-12T03:51:48:048Z
			01.66-		0036-

car of your dreams @	59.47 B		1657.F	613.431.223.53.168	0113	1393			2013-05-12T03:59:57:340Z
			06.35-		0177-

LB log - 20130510

dog$ — Sat, 11 May 2013 04:59:00 GMT

In case you haven't heard, an item of news going around lately is that Penny Arcade is using Kickstarter to fund some podcasts. A few wrinkles about this as to why this is news worthy: a) Mike and Jerry already can fund this with their own capital, b) the goal was set at $10, which ensures that all pledges are received and eliminates any kind of risk, and c) the $10 goal also implies that they would have created the podcasts regardless. My single word gut reaction to this all is "why?", or at least "why use Kickstarter to do this?". You want to make a thing, things aren't free, you want to see how much of a market there potentially is as well. All fine so far. But it seems pretty apparent to me that the industry which these two currently have gives them ample framework to do so without utilizing Kickstarter at all. I see most of the arguments both for and against this meandering down wildly divergent paths, both for justification and for scorn. What I find being quickly lost amongst all of this is that there's nothing about this project which Kickstarter particularly helps them do as opposed to doing the project without Kickstarter. Or maybe to put it as my wife did when I brought this up to her:

[19'41"19] save the KSs for people who actually need them jfc

But then we debate "who actually needs them". And then debate "leaving money on the table". &c.

Between this and cat grooming (fluffy cat has several knots which I need a razor and patience to remove), I haven't left myself much time to do any work today. Eh. I'll get there.

Songs started rather rough today but shaped up nicely. I knew that I hit Darling My Luv rather well in the course of playing it but I wasn't expecting an increase of 5%. I never had a record for that UN song because it's so bad, but upon replaying it now I come to realize that it at least can be played in normal sessions as it doesn't have hold notes, so I guess I'll make a point to play it a bit more frequently now (but not by much).

Lunar Beat. Extra Mode. Double play. "@" denotes Random chart modifier. All songs are of highest difficulty type unless specified.

Code:

EX% & Rank EX.p/f pg.gr.gd.bd.pr combo nc onc %+nc date new sensation @ 33.41 D 1457.F 448.561.674.168.684 0076 2180 2013-05-11T00:04:59:254Z 11.67- 0509- 山岡晃の「クイズ!」 @ 38.09 D 1232.F 404.424.453.153.430 0077 1617 2013-05-11T00:19:35:738Z 09.55- 0309- the shining polaris @ 65.56 B 0872.P 308.256.90.4.11 0134 0665 2013-05-11T00:23:07:145Z 09.32- 0124- U.N.オーエンはニコ @ 49.06 D 2216.F 826.564.392.152.650 0045 2258 2121 006.45 2013-05-11T00:37:50:189Z snow @ 66.21 B 1478.P 555.368.144.14.77 0154 1116 2013-05-11T00:44:24:786Z 02.73- 0061- magneti marelli @ 35.57 D 1319.F 452.415.485.216.709 0045 1854 2013-05-11T00:49:03:471Z 00.53- 0020- hormiga obrera @ 65.00 B 1911.F 704.503.192.23.121 0127 1470 2013-05-11T00:53:45:900Z 01.87- 0055- honey punch @ 76.13 A 1850.F 731.388.61.11.63 0275 1215 2013-05-11T01:00:14:869Z 03.37- 0082- icarus @ 37.03 D 1651.F 567.517.527.258.908 0102 2229 2013-05-11T01:08:59:440Z 01.61- 0072- darling my luv @ 66.37 B 1305.F 500.305.106.25.83 0133 0983 0576 070.65 2013-05-11T01:13:27:201Z 05.74+ 0113+ 69+25-32-1+28- 0051+ 2013-01-06T02:16:04:321Z i was the one 80s @ 70.20 A 1018.P 374.270.73.6.7 0410 0725 2013-05-11T01:17:06:189Z 05.72- 0083- ixion @ 59.32 B 1845.F 672.501.233.38.198 0179 1555 2013-05-11T01:23:32:466Z 01.51- 0047- the smile of you @ 73.79 A 2053.F 805.443.96.23.69 0170 1391 2013-05-11T01:28:08:222Z 03.48- 0097-

LB log - 20130509

dog$ — Fri, 10 May 2013 04:59:00 GMT

With the Tax Code page up and refreshed, I figure that the next thing that I need to resume doing is my work on the Form 1120 family MEF development.

I had this dropped basically right as I was getting it all figured out. I was able to get the first test submission compiled and successfully sent with a handful of attempts. It's good to be right back into the swing of it. I guess that it's not too much of a huge stretch for me to resume the work after having just finished the last individual return a mere few weeks ago, but I have felt my heels dragging on this at the start of the day and thankfully I have had this much good fortune so far. From the looks of things, that means that I have four of the seven main test submissions complete. The only issues going forward will be the consolidated return and the return which has the Form 851 information in it.

Nothing very remarkable happened with today's song session, but at least I wasn't too far from records on any play. Glad that I didn't fail out on War Game at least.

Lunar Beat. Extra Mode. Double play. "@" denotes Random chart modifier. All songs are of highest difficulty type unless specified.
Code:
			EX% & Rank	EX.p/f	pg.gr.gd.bd.pr		combo	nc	onc	%+nc 	date
patsenner @		73.34 A		0597.	233.131.30.3.14		0082	0407			2013-05-09T23:39:29:771Z
			03.31-		0027-

blame @			50.13 C		1442.F	516.410.370.52.226	0074	1438			2013-05-09T23:42:12:639Z
			06.95-		0200-

ラクエン remix @		40.45 D		1475.F	494.487.466.104.569	0121	1823			2013-05-09T23:45:37:889Z
			05.65-		0206-

cloudy music @		72.37 A		0896.P	339.218.58.0.12		0480	0619			2013-05-09T23:48:09:133Z
			03.23-		0040-

abstract @		53.06 C		1558.F	563.432.313.32.249	0124	1468			2013-05-09T23:52:17:635Z
			06.84-		0201-

ice flower fire @	50.62 C		1931.F	688.555.439.60.294	0054	1907			2013-05-09T23:57:19:906Z
			03.09-		0118-

wargame @		63.46 B		1343.P	516.311.166.6.109	0247	1058			2013-05-10T00:03:26:606Z
			06.04-		0128-

estella @		66.83 A		1068.P	386.296.110.1.15	0244	0799			2013-05-10T00:09:44:337Z
			05.13-		0082-

fantasia @		68.18 A		1815.F	710.395.112.32.153	0109	1331			2013-05-10T00:16:10:760Z
			04.92-		0131-

neogenesis A14 @	48.41 C		1685.F	595.495.384.86.363	0061	1740			2013-05-10T00:21:07:350Z
			04.13-		0144-

exusia @		22.24 E		1338.F	426.486.924.390.1598	0056	3008			2013-05-10T00:25:42:099Z
			02.85-		0172-

smoooooch @		56.17 B		1865.F	683.499.234.63.393	0126	1660			2013-05-10T00:31:55:921Z
			00.48-		0016-

天空の夜明け @		26.25 E		1337.F	427.483.793.329.1097	0052	2546			2013-05-10T00:39:47:522Z
			05.24-		0267-

LB log - 20130508

dog$ — Thu, 09 May 2013 04:59:00 GMT

The update to include Public Law 112-240 is done.

I used some lines of regular expression scripts that I had mentioned here months ago to streamline the conversion process between the working text file and the finished HTML documents, so getting that part over with was as simple as two double clicks. Running a full spell check on the document took a much longer time. The spell check insisted on the word being "tradeable", but once I found an instance of the word as "tradable" in the actual tax code, I reverted the correction. Every letter counts when you only have eighty to work with.

After the fiasco with the latest D3 patch, I'm tempted to log in again just to see how the AH prices are now and the reactions amongst the players on my list who are still on it now, but I've been strong enough to avoid it to this point so I should keep with the abstinence and refrain. One day passes into the next, as before, and one week will become two and then four and then it will all become a memory that grows more distant.

Songs went pretty well today. Biggest trouble was the four heavy charts at open, and then things became rather easy after that. Looking at the playcount for 1989 confirms that this was indeed the second time that I have ever played the chart. Good thing I got the record with the Full Combo.

Lunar Beat. Extra Mode. Double play. "@" denotes Random chart modifier. All songs are of highest difficulty type unless specified.
Code:
			EX% & Rank	EX.p/f	pg.gr.gd.bd.pr		combo	nc	onc	%+nc 	date
風の谷のDREAM @		32.35 E		1362.F	436.490.624.198.683	0029	2105			2013-05-09T03:05:30:637Z
			05.51-		0232-

3y3s @			23.20 E		1289.F	392.505.909.371.1234	0040	2778			2013-05-09T03:08:24:672Z
			09.95-		0553-

new generation @	32.35 E		1384.F	453.478.594.217.839	0073	2139			2013-05-09T03:11:44:822Z
			06.21-		0266-

ancient blaze @		44.12 D		1915.F	709.497.446.193.702	0078	2170			2013-05-09T03:15:00:931Z
			09.70-		0421-

romeo & juliet @	66.40 B		1672.F	653.366.162.19.146	0146	1259	1088	015.71	2013-05-09T03:17:56:934Z
			01.91+		0048+	65+82-15+3-11+		0051-				2012-12-12T01:46:35:940Z

love is dreaminess @	64.59 B		1164.P	428.308.124.7.44	0123	0901			2013-05-09T03:25:26:692Z
			03.05-		0055-

tomorrow perfume @	51.83 C		1526.F	539.448.328.45.213	0071	1472			2013-05-09T03:28:43:891Z
			01.29-		0038-

carefree @		44.09 D		1404.F	483.438.362.126.401	0111	1592			2013-05-09T03:31:10:122Z
			07.09-		0226-

1989 @			78.23 AA	0906.P	350.206.23.0.0		0579	0579	0579	0	2013-05-09T03:34:44:258Z
			00.91+		0009+	1+7+7-1-4-		0326+				2012-03-22T02:08:36:653Z

im in love again yco @	75.51 A		1326.P	511.304.51.3.16		0299	0878			2013-05-09T03:38:24:387Z
			03.53-		0062-

qqq @			50.21 C		1614.F	578.458.332.58.308	0078	1607			2013-05-09T03:42:24:482Z
			05.56-		0179-

shine on @		71.78 A		0870.P	334.202.46.2.28		0109	0606			2013-05-09T03:48:16:339Z
			02.64-		0032-

general relativity @	55.96 B		1568.F	587.394.229.53.231	0059	1401			2013-05-09T03:53:37:785Z
			02.96-		0083-

mind mapping A14 @	64.84 B		1939.F	750.439.170.42.184	0169	1495	0937	059.55	2013-05-09T03:58:15:795Z
			00.50+		0005+	19+23-5+8-11+		0004+				2012-09-13T01:34:00:159Z

LB log - 20130507

dog$ — Wed, 08 May 2013 04:59:00 GMT

The lawn needed mowing again, just one week since the last time. The yield of cut grass was at least the same as it was last week, if not a touch more. Yes, it is late spring, but I'm still a bit surprised that the growth rate has been so quick.

In doing the updates I've come to find that I basically needed to scan each line of �42 to ensure that I had all the content. It actually lost a few items which might make it have less quantity than �401 or some other extremely long sections. I found this piece of code that I had to write and add rather amusing:

(9) Clarification of general public use requirement
A project does not fail to meet the general public use requirement solely because of occupancy restrictions or preferences that favor tenants�
(A) with special needs,
(B) who are members of a specified group under a Federal program or State program or policy that supports housing for such a specified group, or
(C) who are involved in artistic or literary activities.

Including a few lines in the depreciation sections about artistic work, and definitions of collectibles, I think this is one of the only other areas in the entirety of the tax code in which people with artistic careers are given any kind of consideration. That they have a special exclusion of this kind in respect of the Low Income Housing credit does strike me as rather odd.

Songs were pretty bad today. I had high hopes of doing OK with starting rather well with Airflow, but it proved to not be the case. In my defense, I did encounter very heavy charts for the first half of the session at least.

Lunar Beat. Extra Mode. Double play. "@" denotes Random chart modifier. All songs are of highest difficulty type unless specified.
Code:
			EX% & Rank	EX.p/f	pg.gr.gd.bd.pr		combo	nc	onc	%+nc 	date
airflow @		75.79 A		1093.P	431.231.43.6.19		0088	0721			2013-05-08T02:58:02:788Z
			00.83-		0012-

yco dead or alive A14 @	50.72 C		1478.F	523.432.368.37.159	0150	1457			2013-05-08T03:02:58:251Z
			04.52-		0132-

liner @			27.03 E		1134.F	378.378.669.264.862	0046	2097			2013-05-08T03:07:07:768Z
			06.84-		0287-

funny crasher @		26.04 E		0993.F	330.333.593.246.831	0084	1906			2013-05-08T03:11:58:814Z
			05.16-		0197-

snow goose @		24.01 E		1183.F	371.441.736.370.1187	0046	2463			2013-05-08T03:16:09:055Z
			03.20-		0158-

たからもの @		44.58 C		2019.F	671.677.515.126.651	0048	2264			2013-05-08T03:23:07:158Z
			09.73-		0441-

hurt scenery ground @	39.88 D		1858.F	508.842.733.49.325	0132	2329			2013-05-08T03:32:29:119Z
			17.92-		0835-

gigant @		40.67 D		1370.F	461.448.436.121.462	0085	1684			2013-05-08T03:36:21:582Z
			08.99-		0303-

真夏の花・真夏の夢 @	46.18 C		1321.F	478.365.300.109.375	0083	1430			2013-05-08T03:42:07:552Z
			06.64-		0190-

just a little smile @	39.46 D		1494.F	506.482.431.129.588	0071	1893			2013-05-08T03:48:06:663Z
			04.62-		0175-

no 13 @			51.47 C		1744.F	641.462.382.64.288	0075	1694			2013-05-08T03:54:17:626Z
			06.84-		0232-

the last striker @	29.50 E		1209.F	413.383.580.295.920	0151	2049			2013-05-08T03:59:41:426Z
			10.71-		0439-

LB log - 20130506

dog$ — Tue, 07 May 2013 04:59:00 GMT

Allergies are hitting me hard today.

Working on �42 of the tax code work, and I'm encountering some updates which I magically neglected from years ago which I'm not sure need to be retained now or altered on the basis of what's show on the Cornell site. I guess the next step is to go directly to the GPO site which has the .txt content and see how they compare. I'm willing to bet that the Cornell content is current, as it has been with the other updates so far, but considering how frequently I update my site (very rarely), I want to ensure that I get it totally right at the present moment.

Retail work was rather easy and I had time at the beginning and end of the day to clean out clogged cart wheels. I think I recovered six carts in total.

Allergies hit me hard late in the day so I think I'll blame that to an extent for today's mostly poor run, though in honesty it balanced out to a relative normal in time. I don't think I played D2R since I set the record.

Lunar Beat. Extra Mode. Double play. "@" denotes Random chart modifier. All songs are of highest difficulty type unless specified.
Code:
			EX% & Rank	EX.p/f	pg.gr.gd.bd.pr		combo	nc	onc	%+nc 	date
lab A14 @		30.61 E		1183.F	396.391.628.192.684	0058	1932			2013-05-07T03:23:21:303Z
			14.20-		0549-

phoenix @		32.98 E		1266.F	409.448.604.215.672	0070	1919			2013-05-07T03:26:46:133Z
			09.82-		0377-

howling @ 		31.08 E		1333.F	448.437.583.280.940	0027	2144			2013-05-07T03:29:43:605Z
			02.05-		0088-

snake stick @		29.85 E		1329.F	441.447.508.221.1112	0055	2226			2013-05-07T03:32:25:369Z
			05.59-		0249-

soft landing on body @	77.64 AA	0528.P	216.96.20.1.9		0235	0340			2013-05-07T03:36:49:420Z
			01.02-		0007-

tropical april @	61.76 B		1759.F	650.459.184.22.212	0166	1424			2013-05-07T03:39:55:873Z
			07.79-		0222-

anthem landing @	35.35 D		1434.F	482.470.560.260.776	0079	2028			2013-05-07T03:45:26:615Z
			08.72-		0354-

voltage @		44.16 D		1068.F	385.298.299.69.295	0045	1209			2013-05-07T03:53:10:948Z
			04.75-		0115-

real @			58.60 B		1423.F	530.363.184.30.195	0073	1214			2013-05-07T03:56:29:573Z
			08.81-		0214-

d2r @			69.55 A		1131.P	425.281.79.4.39		0148	0813	0665	022.25	2013-05-07T04:02:51:007Z
			03.39+		0030+	28+26-15-3-15-		0047+				2012-03-26T01:08:09:533Z

comment te dire adieu @	71.46 A		1305.P	495.315.73.9.43		0197	0913			2013-05-07T04:08:49:890Z
			03.83-		0070-

i fight me @		57.27 B		2024.F	739.546.264.72.388	0162	1767			2013-05-07T04:13:59:575Z
			10.32-		0365-

LB log - 20130505

dog$ — Mon, 06 May 2013 04:59:00 GMT

I'd like to take the opportunity today to mention the latest aired Doctor Who episode, entitled "The Crimson Horror". The wife and I watched it today.

We generally immediately agreed that it was terrible. The more you think about any particular scene or moment, the less it makes any kind of sense. The gigantic victorian loudspeakers that blared noise was used for ... what? The victims needed to be dipped into the vat of poison using gigantic cage structures because ... why? Some survivors are kept in gigantic glass diorama set pieces because ... why? Was the big plan that the ladies conducted towards the end anything more than "steal the gigantic flask of poison"? Did they have to visibly appear at the other side of the stairwell after the rocket came out? The woman disrobes to a catsuit, disposes of two dopes immediately, and all politely stand there for a moment until they decide to run away regardless? Since when are pictures of The Doctor readily found on the Internet within their storyline? Wasn't he previously portrayed as shadowy and elusive and unseen? What is all of this? What? So that was the word we repeated several times - "What?".

To assure that I had the title correct, I ran a search and the first result that came was this review of the episode at IGN: http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/05/...-horror-review . I shouldn't be surprised, but I am amazed that this is what passes for journalistic criticism on a major media outlet.

Today's song session features the lowest grade I likely have ever earned with playing All Right and getting a clear. Nothing worthwhile to mention otherwise.

Lunar Beat. Extra Mode. Double play. "@" denotes Random chart modifier. All songs are of highest difficulty type unless specified.
Code:
			EX% & Rank	EX.p/f	pg.gr.gd.bd.pr		combo	nc	onc	%+nc 	date
all right @		57.32 B		0986.P	332.322.183.6.30	0273	0860			2013-05-06T02:02:41:832Z
			17.03-		0293-

night of fire @		68.32 A		1253.F	475.303.115.4.46	0291	0917			2013-05-06T02:08:20:303Z
			02.67-		0049-

drunk monky @		26.56 E		0940.F	300.340.549.207.753	0022	1769			2013-05-06T02:14:35:303Z
			08.56-		0303-

starmine @		53.86 C		1241.F	445.351.258.19.138	0072	1152			2013-05-06T02:17:33:098Z
			09.98-		0230-

quick silver @		45.52 C		1678.F	595.488.416.133.514	0074	1843			2013-05-06T02:20:26:552Z
			08.46-		0312-

yellow sunrise @	52.82 C		1684.F	603.478.337.71.264	0117	1594			2013-05-06T02:26:08:892Z
			11.04-		0352-

on the tube @		58.87 B		1586.F	596.394.243.29.166	0449	1347			2013-05-06T02:28:59:284Z
			02.41-		0065-

zeta @			41.59 D		1796.F	615.566.506.177.638	0149	2159			2013-05-06T02:34:00:765Z
			05.23-		0226-

ageha @			43.90 D		1477.F	523.431.359.170.507	0113	1682			2013-05-06T02:41:39:382Z
			05.85-		0197-

R壱万 @			68.29 A		0907.P	347.213.86.2.32		0185	0664			2013-05-06T02:44:59:848Z
			03.84-		0051-

no crime j B14 @	37.51 D		1304.F	436.432.367.233.655	0167	1738			2013-05-06T02:52:09:651Z
			06.81-		0237-

桜 @			55.07 C		1216.F	422.372.234.11.99	0087	1104			2013-05-06T02:58:54:302Z
			09.14-		0202-

candy galy @		44.10 D		1729.F	583.563.467.111.510	0069	1960			2013-05-06T03:04:48:888Z
			05.79-		0227-

LB log - 20130504

dog$ — Sun, 05 May 2013 04:59:00 GMT

Back to work on the OneLine Tax Code, and I have encountered a wonderful block of legislation for me to parse.

Public Law 112-240 is the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012. http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/PLAW-11...112publ240.pdf . I've just scraped the top of this iceberg and already have come to see new rules regarding exclusion of beneficiary income given to certain people that is used to pay insurance premiums, as well as the very longly demanded adjustment for inflation to the alternative minimum tax. I still have many more items to go through. I doubt that I'll have this wrapped up by the end of tomorrow's time and will have to cut into the course of the week to finish it up.

One thing that's interesting is that Cornell University's code pages (such as http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/23) have the adjustments made under this PL all included in their preliminary page, yet their headers (at least, the ones that I've encountered so far) indicate that their version is current as of PL 112-143. I suppose it'd add another magnitude of busywork if they wanted to maintain separate headers to state how current the page is. Either way, I'm definitely glad to see these pages have the adjustments, as it gives me assurance that I'm reading the original text correctly and can make proper adjustments and entries to my page.

Somehow, I ended up playing the first two songs today with S Random modifier, which means that the turntable is a valid lane for randomization purposes. This makes the charts more unstable than ever. The third song to come up was Moon Child, and it was only until that chart's opening scratches came on keys when I realized that something was wrong. If I remember right, back when I was playing LR2 and did nonstop expert courses, I had the song Addiction come up many times. I'm just glad it wasn't the EX. Five minutes and five thousand notes. Pain.

Lunar Beat. Extra Mode. Double play. "@" denotes Random chart modifier. All songs are of highest difficulty type unless specified.
Code:
			EX% & Rank	EX.p/f	pg.gr.gd.bd.pr		combo	nc	onc	%+nc 	date
happy angel @		47.33 C		1172.F	402.368.303.35.227	0059	1238			2013-05-04T23:58:31:300Z
			14.74-		0365-

decieve your insight @	26.52 E		1172.F	374.424.701.187.991	0040	2209			2013-05-05T00:01:48:661Z
			05.36-		0237-

really love @		68.71 A		1208.P	452.304.95.3.52		0116	0879			2013-05-05T00:05:27:989Z
			05.51-		0097-

hitch hiker @		72.60 A		0681.P	263.155.44.1.11		0243	0469			2013-05-05T00:08:13:377Z
			01.27-		0012-

melt in my arms @	77.55 A		0394.P	164.66.17.0.9		0104	0254			2013-05-05T00:10:34:669Z
			00.00�		0000�

ristaccia A14 @		55.54 B		1612.F	611.390.270.69.261	0134	1451			2013-05-05T00:13:43:625Z
			01.58-		0046-

ghostbusters @		69.88 A		1420.F	549.322.102.8.71	0105	1016	0741	037.11	2013-05-05T00:18:53:014Z
			01.58+		0032+	22+12-2-7-10+		0085-				2012-07-03T00:03:42:791Z

blank moon @		34.57 D		1045.F	342.361.413.170.563	0116	1511			2013-05-05T00:22:04:365Z
			07.97-		0241-

b4u @			60.00 B		1211.F	438.335.150.18.129	0112	1009			2013-05-05T00:28:22:027Z
			05.20-		0105-

addiction @		31.06 E		3302.F	1100.1102.1555.550.2062	0039	5314			2013-05-05T00:35:50:996Z
			01.71-		0182-

kecak @			45.93 C		1707.F	602.503.400.150.516	0167	1858			2013-05-05T00:43:05:088Z
			01.77-		0066-

fun @			65.60 B		1211.F	455.301.121.16.74	0350	0923			2013-05-05T00:47:43:793Z
			01.62-		0030-

jesus @			41.95 D		1456.F	513.430.415.144.508	0116	1735			2013-05-05T00:52:58:342Z
			02.39-		0083-

LB log - 20130503

dog$ — Sat, 04 May 2013 04:59:00 GMT

Today is the wake up call.

I received a letter in the IRS that my refund has been adjusted - in the positive direction. I made a mistake on my own return. It was a minor error, and it didn't result in me owing an additional amount, but it was still an error on my own return. An error that I should have easily noticed and avoided.

In my capacity as an Enrolled Agent, it is unacceptable for that to have happened.

So it's time to re-evaluate my life.

The amount that I've complained and spoken on here about the time that I've spent playing games like Torchlight 2 and Diablo 3 is far less than the amount of time that I've spent from last May until now in reading about details, engaging in discussion about the games elsewhere, and actually in fact playing said games. What has become increasingly clear over time and crystallized today is that I cannot balance the amount of time which I have put into that kind of activity with doing things such as furthering my career, either as an Enrolled Agent or being hired in some capacity at a level which is beyond retail labor.

I have made friends. I have proven that I can play these kinds of games well. I have seen the content that they offer. I have shown myself to be a worthwhile player and cooperative ally to other players in these games.

But I cannot allow this kind of incident to happen in my life again.

In knowing this and how my mind works, as well as how people who I play these kinds of games with pace their own play time, I have no other choice but to completely terminate my current play of those aforementioned games. Even if I were to reduce the time to one day of the week, I would still let my mind linger on questions about mechanics and possibilities, which would lead me to conduct research on web pages, which would lead me to reading comments, which would suck me right back into this abyssmal pit where I declare myself to be in right now.

So the question now is if I can in fact make that clean cut. The choice is spelled out by me and in front of my eyes here.

...

How does this all differ from my daily song routine here? These sessions, and the scores that I get, are a direct and total result of my interaction with the game itself and alone. There's really no thing I can do here which is something that I can read about on a FAQ, nothing that I can grind against a random number generator with the hopes to achieve, nothing which relies upon other players for me to have a purpose in playing it. I play these songs to the best of my ability, I get these results, the end. There's no debate about how to play a song (beyond not sucking at it), there's no discussion of future patches or what-ifs. The songs are there to be played and earn results.

And on that note, today's results basically suck. But oh well. It's one day, it's done, and I move on from it to tomorrow.

Lunar Beat. Extra Mode. Double play. "@" denotes Random chart modifier. All songs are of highest difficulty type unless specified.
Code:
			EX% & Rank	EX.p/f	pg.gr.gd.bd.pr		combo	nc	onc	%+nc 	date
blue rain @		34.80 D		1152.F	364.424.488.138.433	0164	1655			2013-05-04T03:42:16:960Z
			11.32-		0375-

next @			33.41 D		1829.F	635.559.879.250.931	0195	2737			2013-05-04T03:46:39:612Z
			11.23-		0615-

サヨナラ・ヘヴン @		58.41 B		1548.F	567.414.218.36.176	0095	1325			2013-05-04T03:52:06:665Z
			02.52-		0067-

sexy sexy chevy @	34.61 D		1321.F	441.439.590.184.635	0038	1908			2013-05-04T03:55:59:357Z
			09.87-		0377-

sweet sweet magic @	55.36 C		1289.F	448.393.238.26.153	0176	1164			2013-05-04T04:01:34:394Z
			10.73-		0250-

天空脳番長危機十六連打 @	42.08 D		1324.F	469.386.440.111.370	0149	1573			2013-05-04T04:05:06:046Z
			08.20-		0258-

3y3s @			25.28 E		1405.F	426.553.888.332.1212	0050	2778			2013-05-04T04:08:08:240Z
			07.86-		0437-

無限回廊 @		29.33 E		1234.F	399.436.510.232.909	0057	2103			2013-05-04T04:15:19:537Z
			01.26-		0053-

子午線の祀り @		31.41 E		1688.F	564.560.813.322.936	0052	2687			2013-05-04T04:21:27:930Z
			07.83-		0421-

new decade @		26.49 E		1260.F	420.420.709.318.1093	0037	2378			2013-05-04T04:26:21:054Z
			06.77-		0322-

24th century boy @	28.63 E		1273.F	429.415.650.329.984	0060	2223			2013-05-04T04:40:26:373Z
			09.60-		0427-

tizona del cid @	60.75 B		1412.P	540.392.231.10.38	0146	1162			2013-05-04T04:44:15:769Z
			06.79-		0158-

LB log - 20130502

dog$ — Fri, 03 May 2013 04:59:00 GMT

I received a call at about 1130AM today, and it was from the woman who came to pick up her repaired PC from here yesterday.

"I can't find my resume on my computer."
"Let me walk you to the directory, I know it's there because I made a point to look and ensure that it was there. Click on the C: drive."
"... oh, OK, I think I'll find it ok now, thanks."

Five minutes later, she calls back.

"What's the administrator password?" As stated previously, I made a new administrator account which she couldn't access so that she couldn't wreak havoc on her machine again.
"Why do you need the password?"
"I'm trying to go to Microsoft."
"Microsoft what?"
"Microsoft Office Word or whatever."
"OK... why does it say it needs the password?"
"Uh it says that uh I can only edit the document I think or-"
"OK, I want you to close and re-open the document and then tell me what it says when it asks you for the admin password."
"OK... oh, it's not asking for it now. Weird."
"OK, glad you can open it, good bye."

I assume that she's bothered by the fact that there is an administrator account on her own computer and I am preventing her from accessing it, but I don't see another way to allow her to use the machine safely.

Today's song selection is dramatically easier than what I had served yesterday. Glad to finally clear 地平線のその向こう側, as I think I had failed it with the last few measures every other time it has come up. I felt pretty strong in hitting the quick right hand scratch hops on The Detonator, so I was gratified to see that increase. A year and a day since the last record, too. How quaint.

Lunar Beat. Extra Mode. Double play. "@" denotes Random chart modifier. All songs are of highest difficulty type unless specified.
Code:
			EX% & Rank	EX.p/f	pg.gr.gd.bd.pr		combo	nc	onc	%+nc 	date
scripted connection N @	46.14 C		1437.F	510.417.393.85.322	0094	1557			2013-05-03T01:04:15:527Z
			05.13-		0160-

buffalo @		51.01 C		1411.F	496.419.273.24.279	0112	1383			2013-05-03T01:07:44:773Z
			07.59-		0210-

憎しみはあの空の彼方に @	41.79 D		1563.F	560.443.429.171.580	0076	1870			2013-05-03T01:12:57:558Z
			05.64-		0211-

space time @		48.55 C		1641.F	599.443.387.71.362	0151	1690			2013-05-03T01:18:34:492Z
			06.42-		0217-

the detonator @		52.39 C		2187.F	805.577.361.135.589	0107	2087	1570	032.92	2013-05-03T01:24:48:563Z
			01.20+		0050+	43+36-32-26+118+	0069-				2012-05-02T01:09:45:836Z

bahram attack A14 @	52.69 C		2114.F	791.532.308.164.475	0121	2006			2013-05-03T01:29:38:575Z
			01.79-		0072-

toxic @			74.11 A		1045.P	395.255.52.2.3		0449	0705			2013-05-03T01:34:35:592Z
			05.10-		0072-

just do it @		74.25 A		1396.P	533.330.70.1.13		0384	0940			2013-05-03T01:38:52:896Z
			01.59-		0030-

地平線のその向こう側 @	67.82 A		1568.P	598.372.128.15.71	0093	1156	0849	036.16	2013-05-03T01:45:41:665Z
			00.78+		0018+	29+40-2+3+11+		0127-				2012-06-08T02:53:42:409Z

ultra high heels @	77.93 AA	0784.P	304.176.19.0.4		0206	0503			2013-05-03T01:51:29:967Z
			05.96-		0060-

parapara paradise @	73.63 A		1324.P	507.310.64.3.30		0203	0899	0887	001.35	2013-05-03T02:01:45:857Z
			02.33+		0042+	22+2-16-3-0�		0038+				2013-04-15T04:01:17:465Z

leading cyber A14 @	71.47 A		0922.P	342.238.54.5.7		0180	0645			2013-05-03T02:13:47:437Z
			01.47-		0019-

r5 @			65.91 B		1164.F	440.284.98.1.93		0134	0883			2013-05-03T02:19:09:887Z
			02.71-		0048-

LB log - 20130501

dog$ — Thu, 02 May 2013 04:59:00 GMT

I was up against the midnight tick for yesterday's entry, so I didn't get to write the one sentence summary for how I felt about the song session.

In reference to that writing, I had more to do with that woman's computer today. I recall a pop up that had come on before saying that Flash needed an update (coming from a pop up of a third party site), so I got it loaded and installed. Then there were some Windows Update patches that weren't installed yet, so the installation and reboot came. To ensure that it was all working OK, I load up the administrator profile and load up IE. It crashes instantly. Hm. I load up one of the non-admit accounts and try again. Same result. It's entirely possible that the reason for this is that I cut too much content from Registry in relation to some spam software that she had installed, but I won't know for sure. Thankfully, Chrome was installed on there, so I was able to consult some pages on how to repair IE. I used the Microsoft FixIt program, and while it didn't prevent IE from loading without crashing, a link that was available in the program was able to load a page in IE without error. I was able to restore initial settings from there.

So about the songs. I got hit with a lot of dense charts today, and both Sana Molette Ne Ente and its remix, so that's two trends. Happy to have Endless Summer Story come up today; with the weather at present, it seemed rather appropriate. I have no answer for Least 100 Sec. in EX mode.

Lunar Beat. Extra Mode. Double play. "@" denotes Random chart modifier. All songs are of highest difficulty type unless specified.
Code:
			EX% & Rank	EX.p/f	pg.gr.gd.bd.pr		combo	nc	onc	%+nc 	date
medicine of love @	57.24 B		1414.F	512.390.205.33.188	0063	1235			2013-05-02T03:33:13:903Z
			08.42-		0208-

sunrise @		30.40 E		1393.F	462.469.659.303.995	0026	2291			2013-05-02T03:36:17:362Z
			10.84-		0497-

come on @		34.20 D		1451.F	516.419.546.284.787	0051	2121			2013-05-02T03:39:17:295Z
			05.53-		0235-

endless summer story @	65.01 B		1637.P	611.415.188.9.66	0138	1259			2013-05-02T03:42:29:212Z
			06.43-		0162-

all my turn B14 @	28.74 E		1510.F	506.498.739.337.1142	0079	2627			2013-05-02T03:45:23:685Z
			03.97-		0209-

thanatos @		35.41 D		1705.F	584.5373605.224.861	0056	2407			2013-05-02T03:48:47:190Z
			03.61-		0174-

infinite prayer ffs @	66.36 B		0726.P	265.196.74.3.11		0171	0547			2013-05-02T03:52:37:228Z
			01.64-		0018-

sana molette blt @	68.79 A		0926.F	362.202.75.4.41		0126	0673	0673	0	2013-05-02T03:55:44:088Z
			00.07+		0001+

feeling of love @	60.05 B		1523.F	567.389.197.29.154	0104	1268			2013-05-02T03:58:38:949Z
			02.64-		0067-

passionate fate @	58.80 B		1910.F	748.414.205.96.323	0079	1624			2013-05-02T04:03:43:591Z
			02.52-		0082-

sana molette ne ente @	66.88 A		0923.P	353.217.97.2.31		0086	0690			2013-05-02T04:10:14:616Z
			03.91-		0054-

the least 100 sec @	31.70 E		1289.F	419.451.555.200.759	0043	2033			2013-05-02T04:15:11:296Z
			06.86-		0279-

cho yeo reum @		39.26 D		1591.F	555.481.497.183.659	0119	2026	1078	087.94	2013-05-02T04:20:25:440Z
			00.96+		0039+	0�39+18-19+13-		0052+				2013-01-07T01:42:49:255Z

LB log - 20130430

dog$ — Wed, 01 May 2013 04:59:38 GMT

Something which I don't take for granted is a lawnmower starting, so today's first use for the new year was a definite relief as I was able to get it to start on the very first attempt. Fill, pull, and off it went. Beautiful.

If you recall the woman who was my wife's coworker, in that she was fired yesterday. Concurrently, she had asked me last week if I could help her with her PC. She has recruited my help before, and I was able to recover her content after she had fallen victim to one of those anti-virus trojans which add the hidden attribute to each file in the hard drive. The issue which she mentioned this time is that the "internet keeps crashing". Despite the circumstances, the machine was dropped off yesterday, and I was able to look at it today. Upon bootup, I was immediately greeted with five popups for various utility programs. After a few minutes, Internet Explorer was indeed in a perpetual crash loop. Chrome revealed three toolbars installed. As I had done before, I went to uninstall all the garbage she had put in, and one of the first which I removed was some kind of full program which imported Chrome toolbars into IE. The crash loop stopped immediately.

Lunar Beat. Extra Mode. Double play. "@" denotes Random chart modifier. All songs are of highest difficulty type unless specified.
Code:
			EX% & Rank	EX.p/f	pg.gr.gd.bd.pr		combo	nc	onc	%+nc 	date
innocent infant @	41.13 D		1949.F	678.593.569.185.658	0074	2369			2013-05-01T03:37:50:351Z
			11.65-		0552-

jam @			52.95 C		1541.F	527.487.331.23.169	0082	1455			2013-05-01T03:43:48:056Z
			10.48-		0305-

ascalon @		34.28 D		1383.F	449.485.574.188.758	0067	2017			2013-05-01T03:47:27:897Z
			06.59-		0266-

cherry blossom storm @	22.93 E		1402.F	453.496.878.408.1491	0056	3057			2013-05-01T03:51:29:765Z
			04.93-		0302-

fake time @		57.15 B		1478.F	543.392.219.43.193	0176	1293			2013-05-01T03:57:31:254Z
			04.29-		0111-

he is an energizer @	49.27 C		1959.F	718.523.382.155.486	0078	1988			2013-05-01T04:00:41:453Z
			08.82-		0351-

風の谷のDREAM @		37.86 D		1594.F	567.460.515.211.696	0079	2105	1225	071.83	2013-05-01T04:05:21:788Z
			00.34+		0014+	30+46-33-2+53+		0004+				2013-02-27T04:06:42:590Z

chocolate dancing @	70.59 A		1347.P	516.315.103.2.32	0181	0954			2013-05-01T04:12:54:083Z
			03.98-		0076-

lower world @		51.97 C		1345.F	480.385.302.40.149	0188	1294			2013-05-01T04:18:36:821Z
			08.34-		0216-

abstract @		51.56 C		1514.F	551.412.318.52.273	0081	1468			2013-05-01T04:24:15:901Z
			08.34-		0245-

four pieces of heaven @	33.93 D		1105.F	359.387.435.188.557	0177	1628			2013-05-01T04:30:21:644Z
			05.55-		0181-

r2 @			71.08 A		1625.P	617.391.117.5.27	0281	1143			2013-05-01T04:35:53:088Z
			03.49-		0080-

mermaid girl mix @	48.03 C		1910.F	732.446.390.177.591	0054	1988			2013-05-01T04:42:25:652Z
			07.11-		0283-

LB log - 20130429

dog$ — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 04:59:00 GMT

One of my wife's coworkers was fired today.

My wife's job entails money accounting and is done in full nine hour shifts in a room that is maybe seventy square feet, if not less. The room is tucked away within the building and the single door must be closed as much as possible. When you're cooped up with people in there on a full time basis, little things can become aggravated over time. The coworker had two counts ready to be held against her, one for her handling of an issue and how she reported it to management (which turned out to be false), and another for attendance, so they set the final discussion up to see how she would react to the former count, and then hold her accountable for the latter if all else failed. The latter case didn't need to be invoked.

In knowing her personally and her life's situation, I don't particularly revel in knowing that she is now without the job and will likely find it very difficult to find another one, at least soon. But I am much more relieved that it has finally come to this point, because my wife was clearly and definitely suffering and exasperated with the job whenever they worked together. In general, this woman was much more consistent in failing to conduct her basic duties than she was in doing her expected job.

Songs. I really like Turii Panta Rhei, and I hope that LB doesn't decide to constantly spam the song on random choice now. I'll play it today after doing so yesterday, game, but please don't make me skip playing it when it comes up next time. The three song set of Advance, Reminiscence, and Mermaid Girl would likely completely alienate about 99% of an impartial audience away from this game. Session was good overall.

Lunar Beat. Extra Mode. Double play. "@" denotes Random chart modifier. All songs are of highest difficulty type unless specified.
Code:
			EX% & Rank	EX.p/f	pg.gr.gd.bd.pr		combo	nc	onc	%+nc 	date
in in love again yco @	73.06 A		1283.P	499.285.72.6.23		0159	0878			2013-04-30T03:25:07:680Z
			05.97-		0105-

turii panta rhei @	58.67 B		1826.F	665.496.311.27.129	0155	1556			2013-04-30T03:28:58:250Z
			06.00-		0187-

neu @			37.92 D		1799.F	607.585.624.220.753	0201	2372			2013-04-30T03:34:29:246Z
			06.07-		0288-

advance @		73.11 A		1316.P	509.298.73.5.27		0198	0900			2013-04-30T03:42:33:275Z
			01.00-		0018-

mermaid girl @		60.39 B		1998.F	763.472.210.94.298	0125	1654			2013-04-30T03:47:08:314Z
			01.29-		0043-

reminiscence @		49.87 C		1623.F	583.457.310.82.372	0118	1627			2013-04-30T03:51:58:874Z
			04.94-		0161-

one or eight @		28.02 E		1126.F	372.382.547.309.905	0065	2009			2013-04-30T03:57:06:652Z
			03.53-		0142-

promise for life @	77.87 AA	1542.P	608.326.37.3.18		0182	0990			2013-04-30T04:02:45:854Z
			03.33-		0066-

tranoid @		41.36 D		1308.F	452.404.386.110.511	0163	1581			2013-04-30T04:08:36:771Z
			03.60-		0114-

infinite prayer ffs @	64.44 B		0705.P	242.221.72.3.14		0105	0547			2013-04-30T04:14:29:305Z
			03.56-		0039-

mountain of feudalism @	41.07 D		1969.F	677.615.557.165.811	0066	2397	1762	036.03	2013-04-30T04:20:05:681Z
			01.46+		0070+	44+18-35-18+56+		0093-				2012-10-11T23:48:40:885Z

silhouette of my mind @	68.95 A		0622.P	239.144.57.8.5		0151	0451			2013-04-30T04:24:24:130Z
			02.88-		0026-